Human Design (album)

Human Design
Studio album by
Birds of Tokyo
Released24 April 2020 (2020-04-24)
Length38:20
Label
Birds of Tokyo chronology
Brace
(2016) 		Human Design
(2020)
Singles from Human Design
  1. "Unbreakable"
    Released: 21 September 2018[1]
  2. "Good Lord"
    Released: 26 February 2019[2]
  3. "The Greatest Mistakes"
    Released: 16 August 2019[3]
  4. "Two of Us"
    Released: 17 January 2020[4]
  5. "Dive"
    Released: 20 April 2020[5]
  6. "Never Going Back"
    Released: 26 June 2020[6]

Human Design is the sixth studio album by Australian alternative rock band Birds of Tokyo. It was announced on 28 February 2020, and was released on 24 April 2020.[7] Human Design debuted at number 1 on the ARIA Charts, becoming the band's second chart-topping album after March Fires in 2013.[8]

The album marks a shift in direction for the band as the lyrics reflect and documents the breakdown of singer Ian Kenny's marriage. Kenny said: "These four singles we've released over the last 18 months have each been very personal and direct in different ways. It's great that they seem to have struck deep chords with lots of people, but in the first instance, I was just writing words to stop myself going nuts". Kenny later added: "It's filled with regret [...] I could have said things better, but the result is eloquent and emotional".[7][9]

  1. ^ "Unbreakable – Single by Birds of Tokyo on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Good Lord – Single by Birds of Tokyo on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  3. ^ "The Greatest Mistake – Single by Birds of Tokyo on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Two of Us by Birds of Tokyo on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  5. ^ @BIRDSOFTOKYO (20 April 2020). "Listen to our new single "Dive" in this dangerous deep sea lyric video game" (Tweet). Retrieved 24 April 2020 – via Twitter.
  6. ^ "Never Going Back by Birds Tokyo on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  7. ^ a b Welby, Augustus (28 February 2020). "Birds Of Tokyo announce new album Human Design". Tone Deaf. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  8. ^ "Birds of Tokyo's Human Design Tops ARIA Album Chart in Debut Week". Music Feeds. 3 May 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
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